# Incident 20240815016409I: Cpj-200 Uas CPJ-200 UAS, Pendleton, OR, August 15, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 2024, 13:01 local time
- Place: Pendleton, OR
- Airport: Eastern Oregon Regional At Pendlet
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.6951° N, 118.8434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EASTERN OREGON RGNL AT PENDLETON (PDT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6951&lon=-118.8434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N780CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Anduril Industries CP200 (registry code 06102I6, https://openairdocs.org/model/anduril-industries-cp200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CPJ-200 UAS CPJ-200 UAS
- Reported engine: DESERT AIRCRAFT DA-150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240815016409I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

CP 11 IS A CPJ-200, A COMPANY OWNED AND OPERATED UAS UNDER A PART 91 COA  2023-WSA-13520 REV 1-COA AT THE PENDLETON UAS TEST RANGE. CP 11 WAS OPERATING IN AN AREA WITHIN 6.8NM NORTH OF KPDT IN A BLOCK ALTITUDE OF 020 TO 035. AT 2017Z, THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR REPORTED VIA TELEPHONE THAT THE UAS LANDED IN A DIRT FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1.5NM NORTH OF KPDT. AT 2130Z, THE PENDLETON UAS RANGE OPERATIONS MANAGER REPORTED VIA TELEPHONE THAT CP 11 HAD ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FAILURE AND CRASHED, SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER KNOWN DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

THE OPERATOR DETERMINED THAT EPOXY FROM A FUEL CELL REPAIR CLOGGED A FUEL LINE WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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